Free Range by Bill Whitehead for April 11, 2021

He prefers to just “wing” it.

It’s ALL been preflight up ’til now.

He’s got the Wright stuff.

And check in with the TSA.

Don’t be so Petty – I’m just “Learning to Fly”

The standards were a little different though. For example: “For the love of God, hold on! Any loss of cabin air pressure is to be expected. Breath deeply and keep your eyes open. There is no need to look for the nearest exit. You are surrounded by exits.”

If all of today’s safety rules and regulations existed back then, the Wright brothers may have never have gotten off the ground.

Check out Mike Rowe’s Safety Third idea/conversation.

It should be quite brief then. “This is an experimental aircraft and it’s not safe. Enjoy your flight anyway.”

In the event of an emergency, your airplane will fall from the sky.

Whenever they get to demonstrating the seatbelt, I always wonder “How many humans are there left on the planet who have never seen or used a seatbelt?”

A little bit of the Wright plane is on the Mars helicopter.

He thought he’d just wing it.

“In the event of cabin depressurization…”. “Wait, what’s a cabin?”

What is the red head woman holding?

I’ll skip it. And tell her to keep those chintzy pretzels.

Drink cart?

The take off run and first flight of the “Wright Flyer” could be done within the length of a 747.

Honestly, they could have used a few briefings, back then.

If Safety Socialists were around back then, we might never have had heavier than air travel.